The Immortal IPA | Elysian Brewing Company

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Pours a clear golden copper color with slight golden orange hues when held to a lift source with lots of visible carbonation bubbling up and a very thick 2.5 finger frothy off white head that slowly fades into a lasting ring. Sporadic chunks of soapy lacing left behind.

Very earthy aroma with a lot of piney hop character, pine needle, lyesol, and faint citrus notes. It kind of smells like air freshener.

Very bitter and intensely dry medium body with very earthy pine notes that linger throught into an extremely dry tongue coating finisih. The pine presence is so strong that it actually tasted like chemicals and air freshener. The citrus presence from the aroma is nowhere to be found. It actually feels like I walked into a room that was oversprayed with Lyesol. This beer is way too harsh and difficult to drink. I love ultra hoppy beers, IPA/DIPAs but this beer is just not very good.

Smell - I'm not sure if this is fair review as I think this may not be fresh at all. Smells of stale hops and mold or bready perhaps.

Taste - What a mess of an IPA. Very bitter and puckering, not picking up any citrus or fruity fresh hop flavors at all. Very malty, watery, metallic on tongue. Bitter aftertaste. Just not a single pleasant flavor at all from this beer.

Mouthfeel - OK I guess.

Overall - I'm hoping that I just got an old IPA here. Maybe I've just been spoiled in the last 2 months getting to sample Pliny, Heady and a few 1 day old Hill Farmstead hop bombs. If this is fresh, then this beer is a disaster.

The Immortal is an acceptable IPA, but I was definitely disappointed at the abject lack of aromatic complexity. It is decently smooth, but unremarkable. Elysian forgot to report the IBU, but whatever the number, it isn't nearly high enough. Also, the ABV is seriously weak sauce.

The bottle send a thundering 'POP!' upon popping the cap. An enormous thick white head forms with a gentle pour, a yellow orange tinged IPA lay beneath. This head is STRONG and relentless, the minutes tick by, and i still cant drink this beer yet! In my opinion that hurts its drinkability score. I had to pour, even more gently (but to no avail), 5-6 times to actually fill the glass to a suitable drinking height. The nose here is nice, semi floral, mild, but definitely hoppy. However, it didn't get much better once i was able to actually drink this beer. Way over carbonated, Belgian-esque but with out the complimenting characters, foamy, not even a decent quaff without an explosion of foam mid palate continuing into and through the finish. Sweet malts are picked up mostly on the aftertaste but the bitter, English-style, hop character is apparent throughout. I think without its obvious carbonation issues this would be a damn fine English IPA, but unfortunately, for now this beer is 1st on the list of disappointments of 2009.

The beer is yellowish orange, with a half inch of head, appearing fairly hazy. The aroma is really weak. One shouldn't have to bury their nose in the glass, searching for hop scents. Additionally, I discovered an odd scent that was not particularly inviting. The taste was equally disappointing, with a general lack of hop presence. The weird scent translated to the flavor profile as well. The feel was not up to par, with more butter than bitter. Overall, mediocre at best. Not a repeat for me.

Mouthfeel: Does have good mouthfeel. Heavy enough to let you know it's not a chugger, but not filling.

Overall: I must have gotten a bad batch. I know I've had this before, though this is the first time I've had it with the intent to analyze it, and wasn't this disappointed. But this one was not good. It doesn't smell good, like it's oxidized or old. The hop flavors, pretty key for an IPA, are muted and dull. Not worth the $2.99.

A: Lightly cloudy blonde color. Starts with a 1 finger white head that recedes to a simple white cap. Leaves decent lacing on the glass.

S: Mild hop scent. Some floral notes and slight sweetness.

T: Lots of bitter. Not really balanced out with anything. Late bitter after taste too.

M: Kind of spongy and "soft"

O: I really did not like this beer. The mouthfeel was off and the flavor was lots of bitter (not the highest I've ever had) but there was nothing else there to balance it out. The after taste is the real downer. It is lingering bitter. I will definitely pass on this in the future.

Pours a slightly hazy light orange color with a creamy 1 finger tan head that fades slowly, leaves a creamy layer on top and very good foamy lacing with rings as it goes down.

Smells of sweet malt, caramel, light citrus hops, biscuit and light grains; I really had to inhale deeply to get that much out of this weak aroma, which is odd for an IPA. The smell was almost non-existent, which for an American IPA is bizarre and even for an English IPA would be strange. A big let down in the aroma department.

Tastes of sweet malt, caramel, piney hops, light citrus hops, a hint of bitter grapefruit, lemon zest, grains, faint pepper and herbs like tea leaf; a pretty dull IPA that was not well balanced and lacked any real hop kick. This beer is grainy and had more herb than hop flavor, with a metallic almost funky taste in the dry finish. This could be a decent pale ale, but this is not what a West Coast IPA should be and to me is mis-classified.

Mouthfeel is light and creamy with a medium body, very light carbonation and a light slightly bitter finish that was almost chalky.

Moderately drinkable, this was a decent bland beer and not the IPA I hoped it would be when I bought this bomber. Overall it was major let-down, and while it may be a decent beer I don’t think I’d seek it out again.

I picked up a bomber of The Immortal IPA at a specialty shop to taste, review and enjoy. I poured this beer in to a pint glass.

Pours a nice gold color and is slightly hazy. A bubbly one-finger white head forms and is reduced quickly to a thin film. Despite its meek appearance the head leaves a nice lacing on the side of the glass.

The smell is fairly weak, mostly about hops, some malt aroma, and very little fruit presence.

The taste is a bit one-dimensional, all about hops, and not much else going on to add complexity to the flavor. There is a bit of a bitter aftertaste as well, and hangs around a little longer than necessary.

Mouth feel is crisp, clean and full-bodied.

This is a drinkable beer, perhaps just a bit overboard on the biter side. I would certainly have the Immortal IPA again, but its not the best IPA I have had.

NOTE: The first glass was considerably clearer than the second, and the second glass had a lot of sediment in it. It was almost like two different beers out of the same bottle.

Hazy golden orange body with a fluffy white head that settles down into a denser layer with long-lasting clumps. Lacing is pretty good.

The citrus in the nose- tangy orange, pineapple- a few drops of grapefruit juice- comes close to being overpowered by plentiful sweet malts. The flavors follow along. Sweet and tasty, but not a lot in the way of bitterness. Goes down easy, but not really memorable. A little too malt-focused for an IPA.